Socket
Technology
TechPartnershipsLead
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“Tech Partnerships Lead at Socket. Skills: Technical Partnerships, Ecosystem development, Integration roadmap. Build Socket’s Technical Partnership & Integration Ecosystem. Identify partnerships”
What You'll Achieve.
Build repeatable program; Build revenue-producing program; Expand Socket’s reach; Drive product partnerships; Result in real integrations; Result in adoption growth; Result in joint go-to-market success
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
10+ years in Technical Partnerships, 10+ years in Product Partnerships, 10+ years in Technical Business Development, understanding of modern development environments, understanding of developer ecosystems, understanding of CI/CD systems, understanding of API-based integrations, Ability to rapidly prototype technical integrations, Ability to prototype use-cases, Ability to translate to product specs, Experience structuring partnership agreements, Experience negotiating partnership agreements, Excellent communicator, Strategic operator
Nice to Have
Experience with Kubernetes, Experience with container orchestration platforms
What You'll Do.
Build Socket’s Technical Partnership & Integration Ecosystem
Identify partnerships
Prioritize partnerships
Ensure integrations create value
Strengthen Socket’s position
Own Technical Partnership Lifecycle
Drive technical partnership process
Scope technical partnerships
Document integrations
Translate partner opportunities
Launch Technical Integrations
Maintain Technical Integrations
Define integration roadmap
Ensure partner integrations are reliable
Ensure partner integrations are secure
Ensure partner integrations are developer-friendly
Establish metrics for adoption
Establish metrics for performance
Establish metrics for usage growth
Collaborate with Product and GTM Teams
Align partnership priorities
Enable marketing teams
Develop Strategic Technology Alliances
Forge long-term relationships
Identify opportunities for co-development
Identify opportunities for API collaboration
Identify opportunities for shared innovation
Measure Partnership Impact
Report Partnership Impact
Track integration adoption
Track developer engagement
Track pipeline influence
Inform prioritization
Optimize technical outcomes
Guide future partnership investments
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Product teams; Engineering teams; GTM Teams; Sales teams; Marketing teams; Executive audiences
Communication Scope
Technical concepts; Product specs; Partnership agreements; Executive presentations
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
About Us Socket helps devs and security teams ship faster by cutting out security busywork. Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code. Our customers — from Anthropic to xAI, and Figma to Vercel — love Socket (just check out their tweets https://socket.dev/love to see for yourself!) Founded by Feross Aboukhadijeh https://www.linkedin.com/in/feross/, a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised $ https://socket.dev/blog/series-b125M in funding https://socket.dev/blog/series-c from top angels, operators, and security leaders. We’re hiring for our very first Tech Partnerships role at Socket! Your mission is to build Socket’s technology partner ecosystem from zero to a repeatable, revenue-producing program. Over the next 12–18 months, you’ll establish deep technical integrations and partnerships that expand Socket’s reach in the enterprise AppSec and supply chain security ecosystem. What you'll do: - Build Socket’s Technical Partnership & Integration Ecosystem: Identify, prioritize, and manage partnerships with developer and infrastructure platforms.. Ensure integrations create meaningful value for shared users and strengthen Socket’s position in the software supply chain. - Own Technical Partnership Lifecycle: Drive all stages of the technical partnership process from discovery and scoping to integration design, joint testing, documentation, and go-to-market enablement. Work closely with Socket’s product and engineering teams to translate partner opportunities into shipped product integrations. - Launch and Maintain Technical Integrations: Define the integration roadmap and work with internal and external engineers to ensure partner integrations are reliable, secure, and developer-friendly. Establish metrics for adoption, performance, and partner-driven usage growth. - Collaborate with Product and GTM Teams: Align partnership priorities with Socket’s product roadmap and
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